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npe

See also: NPE

White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mpɔuH (“name”). Cognate with Iu Mien mbuox.[1] Compare also Mon-Khmer terms like Khmer ឈ្មោះ (chmŭəh, “id”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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npe

  1. name (classifier: lub)

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 208.
  2. ^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2017. Hmong-Mien and Austroasiatic look-alikes.
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